the Egyptian authorities have arrested a Kuwaiti for attempting to bribe a police officer on the Al-Haram Street in Giza, Egypt, reports Al-Rai daily. The daily added, this happened when he attempted to bribe a police officer not to write a citation against him after the officer discovered the man was carrying a knife.

The daily added, during routine inspection, the officer asked the man to produce his driving licence and car registration book and at this moment the knife fell off and the officer then ordered a search of his car. The Kuwaiti reportedly offered 5,000 Egyptian pounds to the officer not to write a citation against him.

The officer refused and took him to the area police station, according to a statement given by the officer in his report. According to the security source the Kuwaiti has a history of crimes committed in Egypt. He is reportedly wanted in Case No. 2091 of 2012 for a misdemeanor committed in the suburb of Warraq, in case No. 7275 of 2011 for battery and assault, in case No. 1928 for stealing electric power, in 2009 for breaking into homes and stealing valuables and had been sentenced to one year in prison in case No. 4569 by the Khalifa Police Station in Cairo. The Director of Prosecution Consultant Hazem Momtaz has remanded the suspect, whose identity has not been disclosed, to four days police custody on charges of attempting to bribe a government officer.